Good call. I have never been impressed with Lori Petty. Marisa would have been great in that part.

Yes on her being in this film but no, she should have played Kit. At least then we would have been spared the annoying and mediocre Lori Petty almost ruining an otherwise very good movie!

I would rather have mauled Marisa than Mondonna. Madonna looks"unclean"
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Marisa would have been a great addition. She could pull off retro.
But I love Madonna and Madonna/Rosie in this movie.
Marisa's star wattage wouldn't have mattered. The Peaches had an assortment of actresses, from no-names to Madonna who was enormously popular and had just starred in the high profile Dick Tracy.

The dancing in the bar was all Madonna.

Yes, I know that but one successful role did not make her too big a star to have a role in A League of Their Own. Are you saying that Geena Davis was less of a star? Ms Davis had already had an Oscar (The Accidental Tourist), along with hit films Beetlejuice, The Fly and Thelma & Louise. Madonna was already a star, as was Hanks. So to say that Ms Tomei was too big a star to do this film, is absurd.

she came to international attention in 1992 with the comedy My Cousin Vinny, for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisa_Tomei

I don't think Marisa Tomei was yet a star in 1992 when this film was released.

Marissa Tomei would have done a good job, but the story was about Dottie and Kit, and Marissa was too big a star to play a character role. She would have been a distraction. Besides, I think Madonna was very good.

Just an FYI: The Actress who played Betty Spaghetti, was the Dirctor (Penny Marshall's) daughter..

I don't have much use for Madonna as an actor (and zero as a music talent), but I have to concede she was fairly well cast for this and did her job.
As good as this movie was, it was GROSSLY miscast in so many areas. IMO, Hanks put this film on his back and carried it.
Anyway, I think Tomei would have been perfect as Betty Spaghetti. The scene when Betty gets the telegram should have been heartbreaking but the actress who played Betty just butchered it. If I were the director, I would have tried this scene with a few of the other girls and see if one of them could have made this scene memorable. If so, I would have switched their characters around.
Is very bad to steal Jobu's rum. Is very bad.

Every bit in the movie where Madonna does anything feels completely superfluous. I reckon that if they edited out her scenes/dialog altogether, the movie would improve considerably.

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I think Marisa Tomei would have been a great choice ~
"Much communication in a motion, without conversation or a notion"

Yep. You see her several times throughout the film. 'Hendrix' I believe.

She's also a player with the Belle's in the World Series

Holy crap. I've seen this movie dozens of times, and I just said to myself that one of the girls at the 'Charm and Beauty' school looks kind of like Tea Leoni. Sure enough, was Tea Leoni.
Love this movie. Between Hanks and Lovitz it's one of the funniest movies ever.

Sorry, I meant May.

You mean "All the Way" Mae? Lol.
I love Marisa Tomei, seriously, love her. But honestly I don't think the Mae role would have suited her character. I think she'd fit the Evelyn character, the mother part.
Just my two cents.